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3 THINGS ABOUT WHITE NOISE

This comedy drama is simultaneously hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic.

White Noise is about a contemporary American family, struggling with life’s day-to-day dramas and conflicts, who suddenly have to try to survive after toxic gases are released into the air when a train crashes. Adam Driver plays the father, Jack; Greta Gerwig is the mother, Babette; and Don Cheadle makes an appearance as the character Murray.

1 IT’S A FAMOUS BOOK

Oscar-nominated director Noah Baumbach was a fan of Don DeLillo’s 1985 book of the same name, which won the American National Book Award

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